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Five Miniature Vessels w/ Lids--Thomas Natseway

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Ceramics Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Five Miniature Vessels w/ Lids--Thomas Natseway
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Five Miniature Vessels w/ Lids--Thomas Natseway. Tallest pot is 1.25", smallest is 5/8". Intricate designs perfectly executed. Thomas Natseway is a potter from Laguna Pueblo (born April 19, 1953). When he was working as a journalist in the early 1980s he interviewed Charmae Shields, a potter from Acoma Pueblo. They fell in love and were soon married. Thomas moved to Charmae's home at Acoma and learned to make pottery from his wife, Charmae, (b. 1958) and her mother, Ethel Shields, both well respected and award-winning Acoma potters.Thomas began making his miniature creations in the early 1980s. His works range in size from one-quarter to three-quarters inch in height and diameter. Each vessel is made from Acoma clay dug from a deposit some distance from the pueblo. At first he was decorating his miniatures with traditional Acoma fine-line designs but after doing some research into old Mimbres, Anasazi, Hohokam, and Sikyatki (Hopi) motifs he got very interested in recreating those prehistoric designs. He also sometimes incorporates designs of contemporary pueblo pottery. City: Laguna Pueblo State: New Mexico Date: HWAC# 49400